IHA catches up with digital lifestyle expert Carley Knobloch, for a preview of her discussion about Smart Home technologies at the upcoming 2017 International Home + Housewares Show in the Innovation Theater. Carley Knobloch is on a mission to help people improve their relationship with technology, one tap or swipe at a time. She’s a home automation expert and host for…
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Food Storage Matters: For Consumer Health & Retail Profits
IHA gets acquainted with Mark Mechelse, Director of Research, Industry Insights and Communications for the Global Market Development Center (GMDC), for a preview of the panel discussion he will moderate about the importance of food storage products for consumers and grocery retailers at the upcoming 2017 International Home + Housewares Show in the Innovation…
CONTINUE READINGGlobal Retail Intelligence – March
To follow is a brief review of retail news from around the world: March 31 – Amazon in Australia Not the End of Retail There After months of teasing, Amazon will reportedly “greatly expand” its online offer in Australia over the next year. The move has been predicted to “decimate retailing as we know it”, but the sky will not fall in. Shopping centres won’t close and…
CONTINUE READINGThe Recipe for Strategic Merchandising
IHA learns from Steven L. Katz, MAN THE KITCHEN, CEO and founder, about his presentation at the 2017 International Home + Housewares Show. Steve looks at what happens in the kitchen through a lens that blends anthropology and psychology to capture and understand the unique traits observable among male home cooks. Steve’s presentation kicks off the four days of programs at…
CONTINUE READINGCelebrity Chefs Abound at the Cooking Theater
The celebrity chef line-up is now set for the Cooking Theater at the 2017 International Home + Housewares Show, March 18-21 at Chicago’s McCormick Place. Ayesha Curry, Claudia Sandoval and Geoffrey Zakarian will be making their debut in the Cooking Theater, joining returning celeb chefs and influencers David Burke, Todd English, Tom & Patty Erd, Tyler Florence, Bernard…
CONTINUE READINGOn Trend
The four gia expert jurors — Martin M. Pegler, Wolfgang Gruschwitz, Scott Kohno and Henrik Peter Reisby Nielsen — are from different sectors of retail, including store design and architecture, branding, visual merchandising and displays, marketing and technology. They always need to be at the forefront of trends driving the retail world, so who better to present the latest…
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